A stable isotope geochemist, who likes mud, lakes and oceans

Employment and Education

05/2015 – Anne McLaren Research Fellow, University of Nottingham

A fully funded, three year, tenure track post at the School of Geography, University of Nottingham. This post is also held in connection with the British Geological Survey, through the Centre for Environmental Geochemistry.

Awarded a 3.5 year NERC Blue Sky Research Grant and CASE studentship with NIGL . Project entitled “An investigation of late Holocene environmental change from lake sediments of two sites in central Asia”.

Employed environmental research consultant of ENSIS Ltd consultancy. Involved in laboratory procedures including macrofossil oospore size modelling and arrangement of permissions for fieldwork. Conducted fieldwork including lake water monitoring research in the UK as part of the “Water Framework Directive” for the Environment Agency.

09/2007 to 09/2009 Environmental Change Research Centre (ECRC) Support Administrator

Support administrator for ECRC. Student representative for internal committees and the writing of minutes under the role.

01/09/2006 – 15/10/2006 Environment Institute, UCL

Employed as researcher for an audit of the UK Government greenhouse gas emissions